MILNE, A.A.. By Way of Introduction.. New York, Dutton [1929]., 1929.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition (so stated; large paper edition). Tall 8vo. Author's note. Original gilt stamped light aqua cloth over fuchsia/beige patterned boards, top edge stained green, uncut. Very good. Original publisher's light green board slipcase. Scarce. Small bookplate of B.R. Overbury on the front pastedown. #105/166 numbered copies, signed by Milne on limitation page. Includes Milne's essay on E.H. Shepard (the illustrator of Milne's "Winnie the Pooh" series); an essay on "Children's Books."

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.